The Best Buddies Texas Champion of the Year Awards (COYA) seeks to recognize and honor the contributions of advocates who, through their volunteerism in the community, have provided a notable effort towards one or more of the following:

Increasing community awareness of issues related to disabilities.

Working towards dissolution of one or more barriers to people with disabilities.

Being the voice for those who have difficulty or cannot represent themselves.

The top ten nominees will be chosen by a selection committee and announced on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at the Breakfast of Champions presented by Business Solutions Transport.